Definition for BE-AT'I-TUDE

BE-AT'I-TUDE, n. [L. beatitudo, from beatus, beo. See Beatify.]

  1. Blessedness; felicity of the highest kind; consummate bliss; used of the joys of heaven.
  2. The declaration of blessedness made by our Savior to particular virtues.

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